139 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Diminished Sixths"

Leading-tone diminished seventh chords as dominant in Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 10, no. 1, I, mm.1-10.

*Diminished fifth tritone (Pythagorean diminished fifth) on C = G♭-. 1024:729 = 588.27 cents. Limit: 3-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 32,92 on P4

*Septimal diminished fifth??? on C.  ?/? = 658.50 cents. Limit: 7-limit.

Leading-tone seventh chord often serves a dominant function. This example is from Beethoven's no. 5 op. 10, no. 1, I, mm.13-16.

Diminished seventh chord's use in modulation.

D, F, Ab = C, Eb-, Gb-

English: Chopin Prelude, Op. 20, No. 10 (1832) opening. Consecutive diminished seventh chords as whole tone scale harmony. Piston analyses viio as Vo9 with a missing root.

*5-limit limma/Enharmonic diesis on C. 128/125 = 41.06 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 18,77

viio6 as a substitute for V43 chord in Beethoven Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, fourth movement.

Major thirteenth on F

Minor thirteenth on F, as MIDI

*Neutral sixth on C = A. Equal-tempered: 217/24:1 = 850 cents. MIDI pitch bend: 0,80 Preceded by:File:Fifteen quarter tones on C.mid

Diminished triad on B in just intonation. Presumably B-D-F in 5-limit just intonation.

Diminished seventh chord as incomplete ninth in C.

*Just diminished fifth on C = G♭ (Ben Johnston's notation). 36:25 = 631.28 cents. Limit: 5-limit.

*Diesis on C = D-. 128:125 = 41.06 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 18,77 Created by Hyacinth (talk) using Sibelius 5 with midi pitch bend on 18,77 for 41.064453 cents rather than 0.

Chord progression with diminished seventh chords added.

*Lesser septimal tritone on C = G♭ (Ben Johnston's notation). 7:5 = 582.51 cents. Limit: 7-limit.

*Just tritone on C = G♭- (Ben Johnston's notation). 64/45 = 609.78 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 16,67

V43 for comparison with viio6 as a substitute for V43 in Beethoven Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, fourth movement.

*Hundred-sixty-ninth harmonic on C = F♭. Just: 169:128 = 481.06 cents. Limit: 13-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 120,57 on P4

*Bohlen-Pierce scale: interval between C and F, lesser septimal tritone on C = F. Just: 7/5 = 582.51 cents. Limit: 7-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 52,58

*Diaschisma on C = D--. 2048:2025 = 19.5 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 33,70

*Just diminished fourth on C = F♭ (Ben Johnston's notation). 32:25 = 427.37 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 97,72

*Three-hundred-forty-third harmonic on C = G♭+. Just: 343:256 = 506.48 cents. Limit: 7-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 9,66

*Classic diminished octave/Large just major seventh on C = C♭. 48/25 = 1129.33 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 49,73

Just diminished seventh in just C scale: B and A♭.

Septimal augmented sixth on C. A♭. 1003.8 cents.

*Pythagorean diminished seventh on C = B--- (Ben Johnston's notation). 32768:19683 = 882.40 cents. Limit: 3-limit.

*Tridecimal major third on C. Just: 13:10 = 454.21 cents. Limit: 13-limit.

*Ninety-first harmonic on C = G♭ (Ben Johnston's notation). Just: 91/64 = 609.35 cents. Equal-tempered: 26/12:1 = 600 cents. Limit: 13-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 127,66

*Pythagorean diminished octave on C = C♭-- (Ben Johnston's notation). 4096:2187 = 1086.31 cents. Limit: 3-limit.

*Just diminished seventh on C = B- (Ben Johnston's notation). 128:75 = 925.42 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 17,72

*Two-hundred-forty-seventh harmonic on C = C♭. Just: 247/128 = 1138.04 cents. Limit: 19-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 22,76

*24389th harmonic on C = G♭+. Just: 4/12 = 688.73 cents. Limit: 29-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 50,92 on TT

*Octave (2/1) minus major chroma ((2:1)/(135:128)=256:135), 135th subharmonic on C = C♭- (Ben Johnston's notation). Just: 256/135 = 1107.82 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 64,66

Example of leading-tone triad (viio) and secondary leading-tone triad in Johann Sebastian Bach's Chorale: Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei (BWV 317). Identified by Forte (1979) ISBN 0-03-020756-8 as BWV 748, which is currently attributed to Johann Gottfried Walther.

*Just diminished third on C = E♭♭- (Ben Johnston's notation). 256:225 = 223.46 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 65,71

*6859rd harmonic on C = B. Just: 4/12 = 892.54 cents. Limit: 19-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 78,61

*Schisma on C = B♯++ (Ben Johnston's notation). 32805:32768 = 1.9537 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 80,64

*Undecimal major third on C = F↓+ (Ben Johnston's notation). 14:11 = 417.51 cents. Limit: 11-limit.

*Pythagorean diminished fourth on C = F♭-- (Ben Johnston's notation). 8192:6561 = 384.36 cents. Limit: 3-limit.

Just augmented sixth on C. 225:128 = 976.54 cents.

*Just major sixth on C = A. Just: 5:3 = 884.36 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI.

Just augmented sixth in just C scale: A♭ and F♯. 225:128 = 976.54 cents.

Grave major sixth on C (A-), 400/243, 862.85 cents.

*Just minor sixth on C = A♭. 8:5 = 813.69 cents. Limit: 5-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 49,68

*Pythagorean minor sixth on C = A♭- (Ben Johnston's notation). 128:81 = 792.18 cents. Limit: 3-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 64,61

*Undecimal minor sixth/Undecimal augmented fifth on C = G↑- (Ben Johnston's notation). 11:7 = 782.49 cents. Limit: 11-limit.

*Septimal major sixth on C = A (Ben Johnston's notation). 12:7 = 933.13 cents. Limit: 7-limit.